Family:

Myrsinaceae

Habitat:

Holm oak forest/evergreen forest, maquis, in the shade/under shrubs

Growth habit:

herbaceous

Plant size:

bis 20 cm high

Flower colour:

mostly bright purple-red

Flowering time

March - May

Leaf characteristics:

bent to deeply lobed leaves, heart-shaped or arrow-shaped at the base, alternate, petiolate

Flower characteristics:

Flowers are nodding, fragrant, corolla lobes are up to 3 cm long and folded back, without auricles

Fruits:

Capsules, fruit stalk rolled up helically from the tip

Special features:

In the case of the curly-leaved cyclamen, the leaves appear in spring before the flowers. During the fruiting season, the flower stalks curl up from the tip. Many species similar to this plant do not flower until autumn.